PC World: Songbird: Open-Source iTunes Killer? | Linux Today

PC World: Songbird: Open-Source iTunes Killer?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 10, 2006

“I’m not sure if anyone or anything can kill anything
music-related from Apple right now–or even give it a serious flesh
wound. But Songbird is a new open-source music player, built on
some of the same code as Firefox, that aims to change how people
think about online music. This Windows-based program is rather
iTunes-like in look, feel, and functionality. (Actually, it’s
incredibly iTunes-like: Sometimes, imitation is the sincerest form
of open-source development.) But rather than hooking into one
online music source–Apple’s iTunes Music Store–Songbird aims to
talk to lots and lots of them…”

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Related Story:
CNET News:
A Firefox for Music?
(Dec 22, 2005)

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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